Cobar Airport

YCBA · New South Wales, Australia

Climate Cobar Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dubbo City Regional Airport (YSDU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.0 95 87 96 98 95
February 96.1 97 98 85 97 95
March 88.8 99 94 41 93
April 95.1 97 85 93 94
May 93.9 97 88 97 92
June 89.1 85 85 81 87
July 88.8 85 83 86 85
August 90.7 97 77 92 82
September 95.5 100 88 92 96
October 92.9 97 78 90 92
November 93.8 95 96 87 93
December 94.1 99 99 99 75
Average 93.4 96.1 94.6 87.8 87.7 89.6

57th best VFR conditions of Australia

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.5 99 90 98 99 96
February 97.2 98 99 85 99 99
March 91.4 100 99 44 98
April 98.2 99 98 93 97
May 98.5 100 94 98 100
June 96.7 91 98 93 98
July 97.2 95 99 98 92
August 97.4 100 94 99 92
September 99.2 100 99 99 99
October 97.7 99 93 96 98
November 98.0 99 100 98 94
December 96.0 100 100 99 77
Average 97.2 98.5 97.5 96.3 92.8 94.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 34.1 33 33 31 32 37
February 31.8 33 32 30 30 29
March 29.2 31 28 27 26
April 24.4 24 24 24 22
May 19.4 18 19 20 18
June 16.4 16 15 16 16
July 16.1 17 15 15 15
August 17.5 19 16 18 16
September 21.9 25 19 21 22
October 24.9 26 21 23 25
November 27.4 29 24 24 31
December 31.4 33 26 29 30
Average 25.5 33.1 25.3 22.0 23.1 23.8

86th highest temperature of Australia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 19.8 20 18 19 17 22
February 17.9 20 16 16 16 19
March 15.8 16 16 14 15
April 11.0 10 12 8 11
May 6.4 4 9 6 7
June 4.5 4 4 5 6
July 3.4 5 4 4 4
August 3.7 5 6 4 3
September 6.8 7 8 6 8
October 11.1 10 12 9 11
November 14.1 16 11 14 15
December 16.7 18 11 16 16
Average 12.0 19.7 10.5 10.6 9.8 11.2

9th lowest temperature of Australia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.1 1 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 0.0 0.1

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.7 10 9 10 10 11
February 10.3 10 10 10 10 11
March 9.9 10 9 10 10
April 8.9 10 9 8 9
May 8.7 9 9 8 9
June 8.5 8 8 9 8
July 8.9 8 10 9 8
August 10.0 9 10 10 10
September 10.6 10 9 11 10
October 10.1 12 10 10 9
November 10.8 11 11 11 10
December 10.4 11 10 9 11
Average 9.8 9.9 9.8 9.6 9.6 9.6

86th highest wind speed of Australia

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 053° 089° 082° 058° 332°
February 032° 344° 097° 070° 097°
March 291° 121° 146° 081°
April 143° 077° 185° 289°
May 237° 109° 202° 196°
June 310° 251° 315° 165°
July 266° 152° 297° 197°
August 265° 301° 278° 263°
September 290° 305° 288° 348°
October 284° 037° 264° 348°
November 317° 271° 013° 311°
December 287° 199° 125° 076°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.